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Alexander Sandor Asboth (1811-1868) —
also known as Alexander Asboth —
of Missouri.
Born in Keszthely, Hungary,
December
18, 1811.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1866-68, died in office 1868; Uruguay, 1867-68, died in office 1868.
Hungarian ancestry.
Died in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
January
21, 1868 (age 56 years, 34
days).
Original interment at Charita
District Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Becker —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Pastor;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District;
elected 1944; defeated, 1946, 1950.
Hungarian ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles H. Breitbart (b. 1887) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Burstein, Austria,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1933-39; resigned
1939.
Austrian ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Tony Curtis (1925-2010) —
also known as Bernard Herschel Schwartz —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 3,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Hungarian ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from COPD and asthma,
in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., September
29, 2010 (age 85 years, 118
days).
Interment at Palm
Memorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Relatives: Son
of Emanuel Curtis and Helen (Klein) Curtis; married, February
8, 1963, to Christine Kaufmann; married, April
20, 1968, to Leslie Allen; married 1984 to Andrea
Savio; married, February
28, 1993, to Lisa Deutsch; married, November
6, 1998, to Jill Vandenberg; married, June 4,
1951, to Janet
Leigh. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Carl Djerassi (1923-2015) —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
October
29, 1923.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; university
professor; chemist
and pharmaceutical
researcher;
helped develop the oral contraceptive pill; playwright;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972.
Austrian and Bulgarian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted into National Inventors Hall of
Fame, 1978.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
30, 2015 (age 91 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Zolton Anton Ferency (1922-1993) —
also known as Zolton A. Ferency —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 30,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1957-58; director,
Michigan Workers Compensation Bureau, 1958-60; executive secretary to
Gov. John
B. Swainson, 1961-62; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1964,
1968
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1966 (Democratic), 1970 (Democratic primary), 1974
(Human Rights), 1978 (Democratic primary), 1982 (Democratic primary);
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1972 (Human Rights), 1976 (Human
Rights), 1986 (Independent); Ingham
County Commissioner, 1981-82; candidate in Democratic primary for
Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1990.
Catholic.
Hungarian ancestry. Member, NAACP; Catholic
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Sparrow Hospital,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March
23, 1993 (age 70 years, 266
days).
Interment at Summit
Cemetery, Williamston, Mich.
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Sigmund Fodor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Progressive. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Hungarian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Spalding Friedrich (1893-1955) —
also known as A. Spalding Friedrich —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born May 2,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1937; postmaster at Traverse
City, Mich., 1944-47 (acting, 1944-46); candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
German
and Austrian ancestry.
Died in Grand
Traverse County, Mich., March
29, 1955 (age 61 years, 331
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich.
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Alfred V. Friedrich (1865-1924) —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
25, 1865.
Democrat. Mayor
of Traverse City, Mich., 1900-01, 1905-08; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1920
(alternate); candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1916.
German
and Austrian ancestry.
Died in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., June 6,
1924 (age 58 years, 225
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich.
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Frank Harangody (b. 1919) —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1968-76; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1968.
Catholic.
Hungarian ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Peter Harris (b. 1957) —
also known as Andy Harris —
of Cockeysville, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1957.
Republican. Physician;
anesthesiologist;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Gulf War; member of Maryland
state senate, 1999-2010 (9th District 1999-2002, 7th District
2003-10); delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 2011-.
Catholic.
Hungarian and Polish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2018.
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Freman Hendrix (b. 1950) —
of Detroit west side, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Inkster, Wayne
County, Mich., October
12, 1950.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1988
(alternate), 1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2005, 2009 (primary).
Catholic.
African
and Austrian ancestry. Member, NAACP; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmanuel Freman Hendrix and Rudolfine (Ernegger)
Hendrix. |
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article |
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish.
Hungarian, German,
Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil
Liberties Union; Grange;
Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2022.
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James Lustig (b. 1902) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
1902.
Communist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; agent,
United Electrical Workers; candidate for New York
state senate 22nd District, 1932; member, Joint Anti-Fascist
Refugee Committee; the group was investigated for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; indicted
in 1947, along with other members, for contempt
of Congress over their refusal to provide records demanded by the
House committee; convicted
in 1947; sentenced
to three months in jail, and fined
$500.
Hungarian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard Newman (1907-1999) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1933, 1934,
1935; law secretary to Justice Samuel
H. Hofstadter, 1942-48; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964;
chair
of New York County Republican Party, 1958-60; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1966; appointed 1966; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1968-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-83; took senior status 1983.
Jewish.
Hungarian ancestry.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1999 (age 91 years, 176
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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George Elmer Pataki (b. 1945) —
also known as George Pataki —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 24,
1945.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Peekskill, N.Y., 1981-84; member of New York
state assembly 91st District, 1985-92; member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1993-94; Governor of
New York, 1995-2006; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 2004.
Catholic.
Hungarian, Irish,
and Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry L. Schmidt (1891-1982) —
also known as Harry L. Schmidt —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March
18, 1891.
Democrat. Merchant
tailoring business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1917-18; defeated, 1918; candidate for Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1920.
German
and Austrian ancestry.
Died in 1982
(age about
91 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) —
also known as Ernestine Rössler —
of North Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J.; Grossmont, La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.; Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Lieben, Bohemia (now part of Prague, Czechia),
June
15, 1861.
Republican. Opera
singer; naturalized U.S. citizen; performed, Republican National Convention, 1928.
Female.
Austrian ancestry.
Died, from leukemia,
in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
17, 1936 (age 75 years, 155
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Hans Rössler and Charlotte (Goldman) Rössler;
married 1882 to Ernest
Heink; married 1893 to Paul
Schumann; married 1905 to
William Rapp, Jr.; mother of Hans Schumann-Heink and August
Schumann-Heink. |
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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) —
also known as Arnold Schwarzenegger; "Arnie";
"Conan the Republican"; "The
Governator"; "The Austrian Oak" —
of Brentwood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Thal, Styria, Austria,
July
30, 1947.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; actor
in numerous movies,
including Pumping Iron, the Terminator series, Conan the
Barbarian, Predator, Total Recall, and others; Governor of
California, 2003-; he and his wife separated
in 2011 after revealing that his sexual
contact with a member of his household staff resulted in a child
ten years earlier.
Catholic.
Austrian ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustav Schwarzenegger and Aurelia (Jadrny) Schwarzenegger;
married, April
26, 1986, to Maria Owings Shriver (daughter of Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.; sister of Mark
Kennedy Shriver; niece of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Arnold Schwarzenegger: Arnold
: The Education of a Bodybuilder (1977) — Total
Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story (2012) |
| | | Books about Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Nigel Andrews, True
Myths : The Life and Times of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Pumping
Iron to Governor of California — Susan Zannos, Arnold
Schwarzenegger — Laurence Leamer, Fantastic
: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Michael Blitz &
Louise Krasniewicz, Why
Arnold Matters: The Rise of a Cultural Icon — Ian
Halperin, The
Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the
Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Colleen A.
Sexton, Arnold
Schwarzenegger (for young readers) |
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Berthold Singer (1860-1952) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jászberény, Hungary,
November
23, 1860.
Lawyer;
naturalized U.S. citizen; Consul
for Nicaragua in Chicago,
Ill., 1895-96, 1917; Honorary
Consul for Costa Rica in Chicago,
Ill., 1899-1935; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Chicago,
Ill., 1901-17; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in Chicago,
Ill., 1919-35; Honorary
Consul for Salvador in Chicago,
Ill., 1921; Honorary
Consul-General for Turkey in Chicago,
Ill., 1935-40.
Hungarian ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
27, 1952 (age 92 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Fanny (Donath) Singer and Maximilian Miksa Singer; married 1885 to Anna
Sophie Amalie Ebner. |
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Charles Smith (b. 1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1851.
Republican. Liquor
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1884-87, 1889.
Hungarian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Julius H. Stahel (1827-1912) —
also known as Julius H. Stahel-Számwald —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Szeged, Hungary,
November
5, 1827.
Newspaper
editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Piedmont, June 5,
1864; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1866-69; Osaka, 1877-84; Hiogo, 1877-84; mining engineer;
U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1884-85; insurance
executive.
Hungarian ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in the Hotel St.
James, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1912 (age 85 years, 29
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Josef Winkler III (1928-2002) —
also known as Joe Winkler —
of Douglas
County, Colo.
Born in Douglas
County, Colo., April
23, 1928.
Rancher;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
state senate, 1979-86.
Catholic.
Austrian ancestry.
Died, from an infection,
in Porter Adventist Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., July 18,
2002 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Josef Winkler II and Rose Paoli Winkler; married, February
11, 1966, to Lois Simon. |
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Shelley Winters (1920-2006) —
also known as Shirley Schrift —
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
18, 1920.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish.
Austrian ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Rehabilitation
Centre of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
14, 2006 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jonas Schrift and Rose (Winter) Schrift; married, January
1, 1942, to Mack Paul Mayer; married, April
28, 1952, to Vittorio Gassman; married, January
14, 2006, to Gerry DeFord; married, May 4,
1957, to Anthony
Franciosa. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved mother, grandmother,
and actress." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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